Judge declares a mistrial in the Aiyana Jones police shooting trial

FILE - This undated file family photo shows Aiyana Stanley-Jones, 7, who was shot and killed May 16, 2010, by a shot from a Detroit police officer during a raid of a Detroit home in search of a murder suspect. Jury selection is beginning in the trial of a Detroit police officer charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Stanley-Jones, who was fatally shot while she slept on a couch during the raid. (AP Photo/Family Photo via The Detroit News)

The jury "stuck" after three days of deliberations over the guilt or innocence of Detroit Special Response Team Officer Joseph Weekley, accused of negligence when he shot and killed 7-year-old Jones in May of 2010.

The jury reportedly sent a note to presiding Wayne County Circuit Judge Cynthia Gray Hathaway indicating they were at an impasse.

After the first note was passed, Hathaway sent the jury back to the deliberating room, according to WDIV, Channel 4, and a second note was sent asking for clarification about the meaning of "negligence" under the law.

Jurors reportedly began shouting at each other in the jury room at one point, prompting a deputy to enter and Hathaway to clear the courtroom, according to WDIV.

There was no answer when MLive attempted to contact the judge's chambers about 1:45 p.m. Tuesday.

Jurors are scheduled to deliberate from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily.

This is the third day of deliberations.

Weekley is charged with involuntary manslaughter, which carries a 15 year possible prison sentence, and reckless discharge of a firearm causing death.

Weekley claims he fired his gun accidentally after Mertila Jones, the grandmother of Aiyana Jones, hit his gun with her arm on the night police entered looking for murder suspect Chauncey Owens, who was later arrested in the upstairs apartment.